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What is algonkian?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 5/11/2023

An Algonkian is another word for an Algonquin - a member of an aboriginal North American tribe, closely related to the Odawa and Ojibwe, who reside mostly in Quebec - or the family of languages belonging to these people.

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